On Sunday 21 December 2003 20:21, Kastus wrote:
What do you think linksys runs inside? Many of them do run embedded Linux, so what's the advantage of assembling a big box to run firewall instead of using linksys?
Well most folks who have a network to protect have older boxes around that would serve perfectly well for a firewall. Any old pentium can do the job and pass all the packets you can muster. Further, you can configure your box the way you want it, and it will be faster than the linksys, in almost all cases. Those are really whimpy processors in those boxes. Further, you can patch your suse firewall box with the latest security fixes. Who know when linksys will get around to patching theirs, and in the process of flashing a new update onto a linksys box more than a few have been rendered useless. The linux they run is often still 2.2 based, and farily old, although that alone does not render them insecure. The most significant thing they have going for them is price. Very cheap, and almost fool proof to set up. These are reasons enough to use them in many cases especially home users, but guys with big networks (or evem small networks) I would expect to set up one of their own. -- _____________________________________ John Andersen